Fence-post.



PATENTED DEG. l1', 1906.

NoI 838,420.

El M. KBENER.. FENCE POST. APPLIoATIoN ILED @6.10, 190e.

ESLl M. KEENER, OF HIOKSVILLE, OHIO.

FENCE-POST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

Application tiled August 101906. Serial No. 330,079.

To all whom, t may concern.'

Be it known that I, EsLr M. KEENER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hicksville, in the county of Deiiance and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Posts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fence-posts, and has special reference to an improved construction of post which entirely obviates the feature of burying a wooden post in the ground, and thereby subjecting the same to the quickrotting iniiuences of moisture and insects.

To this end the invention contemplates a simple, practical, and cheap construction of fence-post embodying in its organization separate anchoring members made of metal and so arranged and fitted to the post members as to provide for securely and firmly anchoring the same in an upright position upon the ground without the necessity of sinking any wooden part of the post in the ground. Hence in this connection the invention provides for supporting the main post structure entirely above the surface of the ground, while the anchoring elements, which are of metal, are the only parts necessary to be driven below the ground-surface, thereby providing a post having much greater durabi ity than the ordinary types of wooden posts, while at the same time possessing sufficient strength and stability for the purpose of supporting fencing of any type.

With these and many other objects in view, which will more readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

The essential features of the invention inspective view showing the preferable construction of anchor-block provided at the lower end of each anchoring-iron. 92'.

Like references 'designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

In carrying out the present invention the structural features of the post proper may vary, but a preferable construction is shown in the drawings, in which the post proper, or that portion lflying above the ground, preferably consists of a main upright post-standard 1 of any suitable dimensions and made of wood or iron, though a wooden standard l may be utilized in connection with the improved anchoring means. The said main post-standard l also has preferably associated therewith at its front side a movable clamping-bar 2 coextensive in length with said standard and supported upon a plurality of fastening-bolts 3. These fasteningbolts are arranged at suitably-spaced intervals, and the tightening of the nuts 4 thereof provides means for binding the clamping-bar upon the fencing elements 5, interposed between the same and one side of the poststandard. The said fencing elements may consist of wire strands, wire fabric, or other fence elements, according to the character of fencing which is to be supported by the post. Also in the construction shown the main post-standard has associated therewith the inclined 4standard brace 6, bolted at its upper end by means of the bolt 7 to the standard l at a point intermediate the ends of the latter, while the lower end of said brace 6 terminates in substantially the horizontal plane of the lower end of the standard.

A distinctive feature of the present invention resides in associating with the standard 1 and post-brace 6 the separate anchoringirons 8 and 9, respectively. Each of these 95 irons consists of a metal rod usually long enough to be buried in the ofrouind two or three feet, and, referring to the vertical anchoring-iron 8, it will be observed that the upper end portion thereof lies at the inner side of the lower end of the standard 1 and is provided at its upper extremity with a laterally-deflected locking-stud 10, engaging in a holding-socket 11, provided in the side of the standard. Contiguous to this interlocking engagement l0 1l the anchoring rod or iron 8 is embraced by the hook l2 of the lowermost of the bolts 3, which forms a hook-bolt, so that said latter bolt performs the dual function of tightening and holding IOO IIO

the clamping-bar 2 and also ofl fastening in position the iron 8.

The iron 9 is similarly connected with the brace 6. The said iron is provided at its upper end with the laterally-deiiected lockingstud 13, fitting in the holding-socket 14, provided in lone side of the brace 6 near the' lower end of the latter. Also within the lower end portion of the brace is mounted a hookbolt 15, embracing the iron or rod 9 to provide for detachably fastening the same onto the brace.

The lower end of each of the irons 8 and 9 has mounted thereon, by means of a bolt or equivalent fastening 1 6, a trian ular or wedgeshaped anchor-block 17, whic 1 may consist of a block of wood or iron and which performs the function of providing a holdingfoot for the anchoring-irons to assist in securelyI retaining them in position and resisting the tendency to lift Out of the ground.

I claim- 1. In a fence-post, a main post-standard having at one side an Offstanding inclined brace, said standard and its brace being provided in the sides thereof with holding-sockets, a vertical anchoring-iron provided at its upper extremity with a locking-stud engaging the holding-socket in the standard, a

hook-bolt mounted in the lower end portion of the standard and embracing the vertical anchoring-iron and contiguous to the holding-stud thereof, an inclined brace anchoring-iron detachably mounted on the lower end Of the standard members and provided at its upper extremity of the locking-stud engaging the holding-socket in the brace, a hook-bolt mounted in the lower end portion of the brace and engaging said inclined anchoring-iron, and an anchor-block mounted on the lower end of each of said anchoringirons.

2. In a fence-post, a main post-standard having at one side an oifstanding brace, a vertical anchoring-iron interlocked with the lower end portion of the standard and detachably held thereto, an inclined brace anchoring-iron likewise detachably interlocked with the lower end of the brace, and wedgeshaped anchor-blocks mounted on the lower ends of the anchoring-irons.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ESLI M. KEENER.

Witnesses:

GEO. K. Oris, GEO. D. SIMMONS. 

